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Tuesday Highlights: Los Angeles Times explores Tim Cook's forging of "an unusual path as a social activist", seen as "a big departure from predecessor Steve Jobs"; Matt Asay at ReadWrite digs in to Apple's intent to buy "very particular talent" in the data infrastructure field; Marco Tabini counts the ways "the tech behind Apple Pay can change our lives"; the US International Trade Commission now investigating Apple for patent infringement following Ericsson's filing of lawsuit with ITC; Cult of Mac looks at how Joseph Eichler, a real estate developer, was instrumental in the forming of the Apple we know; 9to5Mac reporting of Apple hiring Dolby's Mike Rockwell in effort "to bolster audio and display technologies"; if you are seeing double login prompts, MacIssues has a fix for you to try; Architosh looks at latest AutoCAD and future on Mac; TekRevue looks at Amazon Cloud Drive; Kirk McElhearn's 12th installment of fixing iTunes calls for Apple to fix Home Sharing; global market for wearables seen at 126 million units shipped, Apple will ship 46 million in 2015; interesting stat says about one-half to two-thirds of Apple Pay users have had problems with checkout; here's a 4k video flyover of Apple's spaceship campus; Jay Z's Tidal music service revealed in Billboard interview, Apple's apparently trying to poach artists; soon you can play Pac-Man on Google Maps; 36 patents granted Apple today, more in our Hardware/Software section; Michael deAgonia has a "deep-dive review" of the new Force Touch MacBook Pro 13; The Verge performs camera test between iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S6; Peter Cohen on whether or not Apple's Thunderbolt Display is worth it.

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"You're Wrong About Tim Cook's Apple" ["The moral of the story is that it's time to stop hating on Tim Cook and start viewing him for what he is. CEO Cook is an operational wizard who is the master of the modern day supply chain."] Seeking Alpha 2:55 PM

"Apple accuses Samsung of purposefully destroying evidence: On May 1, Apple filed a motion in the Northern District of California alleging that Samsung intentionally destroyed documents it was obligated to hand over as part of the discovery process, an act referred to as 'spoilation of evidence' in the legal parlance." Network World 8:00 AM

"Proview and Apple: A Tale of Two Lawsuits/A California court has thrown out Proview's lawsuit against Apple over the iPad brand. But a similar lawsuit in China drags on between the two. The companies have at least talked about settling: Apple reportedly offered $16 million, which Proview rejected. The problem for Apple may not be as simple as paying Proview to go away. Whatever payout Proview gets could set a precedent Apple doesn't want to set." MacNewsWorld 11:05 AM

"Foxconn plans renewed shift into distribution" ["Gou said Foxconn is making preparations for iTV, Apple Inc's rumored upcoming high-definition television, although development or manufacturing has yet to begin. iTV reportedly features an aluminum construction, Siri, and FaceTime video calling"] China Daily 10:41 AM

"Chairman of Foxconn Terry Gou Confirms Apple's Rumored iTV During His Inaugural Speech At New Headquarter In Shanghai" How To Arena 8:52 AM

"Mozilla on new browser brouhaha: Microsoft, Apple different cases/'Apple is not a convicted monopolist,' says director of Firefox: Two wrongs don't make a right, Mozilla's chief counsel said Thursday when asked why his company hasn't lambasted Apple, as it did Microsoft, for blocking rival browsers from its mobile operating system. 'The similarities to iOS don't justify an outcome on Windows that deprives users of choice, reduces competition and hurts innovation,' said Harvey Anderson, Mozilla's top lawyer." Computerworld 8:20 AM

"Quest for the holy algorithm: Last year Google made more than 520 changes to its search algorithm software and conducted about 58,000 experiments, 7000 of those on live users." Fairfax NZ News 1:34 PM

"Walt Disney Imagineers Bringing Video Games To Life At Walt Disney World Resort" Forbes 12:06 PM

"Instagram's insta-surprise: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook is getting an assist, of sorts, from the most unlikely place in its $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing app Instagram — Google, The Post has learned." New York Post 12:34 PM

"Apple unveiling Google Maps alternative in iOS 6? The company has reportedly been working on its own Maps service for the next version of its iOS platform, meaning it might kick Google Maps off the operating system." CNET News 8:14 AM

"Apple HDTV rumor roundup: Talk of an Apple TV set dates back to 2009, but recent months have provided an avalanche of rumors. CNET has gathered them all in one convenient location for you." CNET News 10:42 AM

"Facebook file-sharing could be security, piracy nightmare: Users won't be able to pass along music or .exe files -- but infected PDFs and other forms of pirated content are permissible" InfoWorld 12:20 PM

"Office 365 hard enough to penetrate US government: Microsoft's cloud productivity pack Office 365 has won an important certification from the US government, by ticking off all the to-do's on the list to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)." The Register 1:54 PM

"Intel to investors: Now we're serious about smartphones/Intel says it's ready to apply its considerable development and manufacturing resources to smartphones. What took it so long?" CNET News 9:30 PM

"Wording in cyberwar bill begs question: Who's in charge? House committee approves bill that appears to give the Defense Department power to conduct military activities in cyberspace, including clandestine operations, without running it by the president." CNET News 3:14 PM